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What if Carlson gets 64M?

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Team: 2018-19 Washington Capitals
Initial Creation Date: Jan. 17, 2018
Published: Jan. 17, 2018
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Jan. 17, 2018 at 7:01 p.m.
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I love Carlson but I'm not signing that deal. At most I'd go $7M 7 years and even then I don't like that. Either $7M for 6 years for $6.5 for 7 years. Prefer $6.5M for 6 years.
Jan. 17, 2018 at 7:09 p.m.
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Let's GO CAPS!
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NO. just no.
Jan. 17, 2018 at 7:12 p.m.
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Yeah i think it would be a major mistake to give Carlson 8 years $64 million, If i were the Caps GM maybe 7 years $49 million at the very most as well.
Jan. 17, 2018 at 7:23 p.m.
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If Carlson gets that it sure as hell won’t be from us.
Jan. 17, 2018 at 8:08 p.m.
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No other team can offer him an 8 year contract, so why would the Caps? Who else would offer 8m....maybe a non contender with cap (though I doubt it). Might only be bidding against two other teams, Devils and Vegas.
Jan. 17, 2018 at 11:23 p.m.
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Quoting: palhal
No other team can offer him an 8 year contract, so why would the Caps? Who else would offer 8m....maybe a non contender with cap (though I doubt it). Might only be bidding against two other teams, Devils and Vegas.


Hey, music to my ears. I'd love for the Caps to sign Carlson at 5x8 and have more money to chase the Cup. But when you suggest only two teams want him, I'd love to hear your reasons why any other team wouldn't sign Carlsonor 7x8 on the first day of free agency if the salary cap goes up 5M.

I think Edmonton, Chicago, and Pittsburgh might not have cap space. Other than that...
Jan. 18, 2018 at 12:12 a.m.
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Hey, music to my ears. I'd love for the Caps to sign Carlson at 5x8 and have more money to chase the Cup. But when you suggest only two teams want him, I'd love to hear your reasons why any other team wouldn't sign Carlsonor 7x8 on the first day of free agency if the salary cap goes up 5M.

I think Edmonton, Chicago, and Pittsburgh might not have cap space. Other than that...


Oh, don't get me wrong, Carlson will be among the premier UFAs this summer. I'm suggesting cap wise/position there are very few teams that could surpass Washington's even modest proposal. Maybe the Devils and Vegas could offer considerable more but that';s about it in my opinion. Unless Carlsson wants to go to Arizona for a bit money and never have a chance at the Cup, have that terrible West Coast travel or the Red Wings ....Washington and NJD looks nice.
And lots of teams really don't have cap space, unless they rid themselves of good contract. And teams such as the Leafs are looking down the road a bit when they might have big contracts to guys coming off their ELCs in a year.
I've heard this logic about the cap going up 5m. So what, other players on the team are going to get a piece of that too, so one UFA. isn't going to get half of the 5m.
Jan. 18, 2018 at 10:22 a.m.
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Montreal could trade Petry for a cold ham sandwich, and reunite Kalrzner.

Dallas fans think they'll have enough cap space to sign Tavares. They might need a goalie more, but sometimes improving on defense makes that less of an issue.

Ottawa, Edmonton, and Vancouver are going to sell big at the trade deadline, and open up boatloads of cap space, but still have some promising young players to build around. Buffalo are pretty thin on defense and have a ton of cap space.

I like to think that Carlson has made good friends in Washington, enjoys being a team leader, loves being a part of one of the best power plays in the league, year in, year out, and will be able to make the same total money, over the rest of his hall of fame playing career, by staying put and helping Washington win a Cup or two.

But Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose, Columbus, Buffalo, Florida, Montreal, Winnipeg, Vegas, Colorado, New Jersey, Edmonton, Carolina and Arizona are all under 72 million in contracts this year. Under an 80 million cap, they have room to offer an 8M, 1 year deal to any free agent that strikes their fancy. Which of those teams has a right handed defenseman contributing more offense than Carlson?

Economically, he should take a long term deal, so that even if he gets hurt, he can still keep getting paid. In terms of short term gain, a long term deal can be slightly more front loaded,so he can get more than 8M next year, to invest as he pleases, while staying at a manageable cap hit that doesn't keep his team from competing.
 
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